The Romance of History: France, Volume 2Harper, 1831 - France |
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... live , you shall never be the wife of a bondsman ; and if , when I am dead , you disobey me , it will be like trampling on your father's grave ! Notwithstanding , I will do no injustice to Guillaume . What ! was it not from me that he ...
... live , you shall never be the wife of a bondsman ; and if , when I am dead , you disobey me , it will be like trampling on your father's grave ! Notwithstanding , I will do no injustice to Guillaume . What ! was it not from me that he ...
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... lives must be held of no more account than those of larks and swallows that are strung up in scores for the table . " " All this I know , " said Artaveld ; " and you will find that I shall play my part without shrinking . " * The next ...
... lives must be held of no more account than those of larks and swallows that are strung up in scores for the table . " " All this I know , " said Artaveld ; " and you will find that I shall play my part without shrinking . " * The next ...
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... lives during the famine . " The old woman , shading her eyes from the light , looked up ' into Artaveld's face ; and having satisfied herself of his iden- tity- " It is Philip , indeed ! " said she , coldly . " How dost thou , Philip ...
... lives during the famine . " The old woman , shading her eyes from the light , looked up ' into Artaveld's face ; and having satisfied herself of his iden- tity- " It is Philip , indeed ! " said she , coldly . " How dost thou , Philip ...
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... lives not a straw , including sixty English archers , who had stolen away from Calais for the sake of higher pay . The men of Ghent , to the number of nine thousand , were in the van , with banners displayed , and Philip himself at ...
... lives not a straw , including sixty English archers , who had stolen away from Calais for the sake of higher pay . The men of Ghent , to the number of nine thousand , were in the van , with banners displayed , and Philip himself at ...
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... live , you must work . I have not an idea what pro- fession your father intended you for , after you ran away from the University ; but that does not matter , for now we cannot choose . Our cousin the baker , who keeps his oven hot ...
... live , you must work . I have not an idea what pro- fession your father intended you for , after you ran away from the University ; but that does not matter , for now we cannot choose . Our cousin the baker , who keeps his oven hot ...
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Page 110 - Some heavenly music, which even now I do, To work mine end upon their senses that This airy charm is for, I'll break my staff, Bury it certain fathoms in the earth, And deeper than did ever plummet sound I'll drown my book.
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Page 14 - ... the core ! Good night, Miss Grey." When Trafford found himself in his room, having refused the Earl's invitation to come and have a talk, he uttered an exclamation against the size of the fire. " I am afraid I have taken more wine than was good for me," he said to himself, and dismissing his valet, he opened the window and looked out into the night. It was clear and profoundly still — the mass of leafless woods all black, and a dark bank of cloud coming slowly up from the west ; but directly...
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Page 103 - ... found the sword and dagger lying flat on the ground, the sword having the point broken — but he saw the point among some powder where the devil had laid it. Having waited...